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The Political Supreme Court: A Forgotten History with Rachel A. Shelden (UNC Press, …

11/9/2026 • 38 min

In this episode, Matthew Mason (Professor of History at Brigham Young University) interviews Rachel Shelden (Associate Professor of History and Director of the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at Penn State University) about her new book, The Political Supreme Court: A Forgotten History (UNC Press, 2026). Today’s Supreme Court justices bristle at the… Play episode

The Shocking Crimes That Shaped Abraham Lincoln with Saladin Ambar (Divers…
Mao: Power and Contradiction with Kerry Brown (Reaktion Books, 2026)
In Search of the Perfect Romanian with Marius Turda (CEU Press, 2026)
One from the Many: The Global Economy Since 1850 with Christopher Meissner…
Marx and the Politics of Need with George Boss (Routledge, 2026)
Black Evidence: A History and a Warning with Candis Watts Smith (Norton, 2…
Brazilian Elections 2026 with Gladys Mitchell-Walthour and Kia Lilly Caldw…
Activism, Majority Rule, and Local Democracy: Rethinking Public Influence …
How Was Authoritarianism Defeated in Brazil and Serbia and What Comes Next?
Disability, Revolution with Robert McRuer (U California Press, 2026)
The War on Terror with Andrew Thomson and Rubrick Biegon (Agenda Publishin…
Dependency Politics: How Foreign Aid Shapes Electoral Behavior with Ryan J…
Applied History in the US Department of State
Subalterns and the State with Lisa Mitchell and Hari Ramesh
National Parks and the Supreme Court: Groundbreaking Legal Battles with Ca…
Uganda During and After Museveni: Can The System Survive Its Creator?
The Fog of Accountability: How Institutions Keep Voters from Holding Their…
In Praise of Agnes Heller (1929-2019)
First Among Equals: Visions of Equality Before Egalitarianism with Teresa …
Parties on the Ground: A Study of Nominations for the House of Representat…
Tyrell Haberkorn In Conversation with Duncan McCargo
Presidentess: The Life of First Lady Julia Gardner Tyler with Christopher …
Civil Societies, Uncivil States: Government Repression of NGOs with Suparn…
The Democracy Exchange: Asia Asks, Latin America Responds
Crime and No Punishment: Wealth, Power, and Violence in America with Marie…
God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America with Jacob Ware (C…
The Technocratic International: Experts and the Making of a World from Now…
The Biggest Lie: The Prehistory of American Fascism, 1818-1915
Notes from the Sex Worker Left: Lumpen Theory with Heather Berg (Duke UP, …
A Healthy Union: How States Can Lead on Environmental Health with Susan Ka…
Down and Out in Utopia: Unemployment as Moral Education in Norway with Kel…
Conspiracy: The History of a Political Obsession with Nicolas Guilhot (Har…
The Steppe and Its Empires: The Russian Empire and Its Eurasian Counterpar…
Beyond Incremental Reform: Rethinking the United Nations with Augusto Lópe…
Rhetorical Powers: How Rising States Shape International Order with Sasiku…
How to Stay Human Forever: On America's Digital Technology Crisis with Jam…
Smuggling Law: Unsettled Sovereignties in Turkey's Kurdish Borderlands wit…
Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kiss…
The Return of the Great Powers with Brendan Simms (Basic Books, 2026)
Compromised Coalitions: The Paradox of Postconflict Power Sharing in Afric…
Democracy on the Edge: The Trump Elections and the Future of American Poli…
Driven to Their Knees: Humiliation in Contemporary Politics with Roxanne L…
Aristotle Kallis, "Iconic Fascism: The Excess of Destruction and Creation …
The Nature of Freedom: On the Republican Tradition with Philip Pettit
The American Right in Ferment: A Conversation with Writer Matthew Continet…
Stefano Recchia, "Strategies for Approval: Building Support for Military I…
Brian L. Porto, "Twin States, Different Paths: The Politics of New Hampshi…
Lily Geismer on the Democratic Party in the 1990s
Why Voters Support Politicians Who Undermine Democracy

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